While the bulk of armies will still be made out of pikemen, archers, etc Legends includes several fantasy units such as the Frost Giant, which Siegfried can call upon to smash down castle walls and stomp on puny foot soldiers along with many other creatures of Norse Mythology.

In Stronghold Legends players can play in 24 missions spread over three campaigns that are each accompanied by a distinct playing style and Legend: King Arthur, Siegfried, and Vlad the Impaler. While this move at first seemed great it eventually turned out to be an unpolished, unbalanced, fantasy RTS that just doesn’t match up against games such as Warcraft. Starting out as a castle simulator with real-time strategy elements set during the medieval time period the Stronghold franchise has entered the mythological realm, discarding any historical remnants and even its castle building roots out the window. Graphics are not up to par with industry standards. Fantasy units vary up the gameplay.įailed Basic: Unpolished and unbalanced gameplay. Passed Inspection: Three separate campaigns with unique legends. Finally, Steam Workshop support has been added, something useful considering the game has a map editor included with it.Stronghold Legends – Game Review (PC) By Jamison Lanum Speaking of multiplayer, the game now has multiplayer serves again, running off of Steamworks instead of the now-defunct Gamespy. The visuals have been updated, new bonus campaigns have been added, and new maps for the multiplayer. The new Steam Edition adds in support you'd expect to see in Steam games, like trading cards and achievements. It seems Firefly is not being dissuaded, though, and has released a major update for the game.

Despite the interesting ideas, Stronghold Legends was not well reviewed upon release, including a 4.3 from Gamespot's review, and a 5.7 from IGN.

Each army has various unique units, like Siegfried's frost giants or Vlad's werewolves. In the game, you follow either King Arthur, Count Vlad Dracul, or Siegfried of Xanten. Instead of following and recreating historical pieces, Stronghold Legends instead is much closer to a fantasy RTS with mythical units. It's the first, and only, major spin-off of the Stronghold series. Stronghold Legends was originally released on October 13th, 2006 developed by Firefly Studios and published by 2K Games.